merciful. kind.
from the evil to come. from the presence of the calamity.
evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44: i.e. the calamity referred to in Jeremiah 22:10. See 2 Kings 22:16-20.
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Isaiah 57:1
1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and mercifula men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.